DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS

25 August 2026-23:59-GMT+02:00 Central Africa Time (Khartoum)

WFP celebrates and embraces diversity. It is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all its employees and encourages qualified candidates to apply irrespective of race, colour, national origin, ethnic or social background, genetic information, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, HIV status or disability.


ABOUT WFP

The World Food Programme is the world’s largest humanitarian organization saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity, for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.


At WFP, people are at the heart of everything we do and the vision of the future WFP workforce is one of diverse, committed, skilled, and high performing teams, selected on merit, operating in a healthy and inclusive work environment, living WFP's values (Integrity, Collaboration, Commitment, Humanity, and Inclusion) and working with partners to save and change the lives of those WFP serves.

To learn more about WFP, visit our website: https://www.wfp.org and follow us on social media to keep up with our latest news: YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok.

WHY JOIN WFP? 

  • WFP is a 2020 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate.

  • WFP offers a highly inclusive, diverse, and multicultural working environment.

  • WFP invests in the personal & professional development of its employees through a range of training, accreditation, coaching, mentorship, and other programs as well as through internal mobility opportunities.

  • A career path in WFP provides an exciting opportunity to work across the various country, regional and global offices around the world, and with passionate colleagues who work tirelessly to ensure that effective humanitarian assistance reaches millions of people across the globe.

  • We offer an attractive compensation package (please refer to the Terms and Conditions section of this vacancy announcement).

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, and recipient of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. WFP works to save lives in emergencies and use food and cash assistance to change lives and empower people to meet their essential needs.
WFP is committed to ensuring food assistance is accessible and is delivered safely and with dignity to the right people at the right time through the right way. To achieve this, WFP has an established country office people-centred programme quality (PCPQ) team, which provides strategic direction and technical support to the network of suboffice PCPQ staff.
To ensure WFP programming in Sudan is efficient and effective, WFP seeks a Programme Assistant (PCPQ) to ensure food assistance is accessible, equitable and accountable and is delivered safely and with dignity to the right people at the right time through the right way. This requires supporting the roll-out and implementation of the Unified Case Management system (UCM), which integrates key monitoring and community feedback mechanism (CFM) responsibilities and establishes the necessary systems and processes to manage and take timely corrective action for individual issues.
The Programme Assistant will report to the Programme Associate, responsible for leading the people-centred portolio (protection, including accountability to affected people, gender, conflict sensitivity, and environmental and social safeguards) or as otherwise designated by WFP management in line with evolving organizational structures, and will be supported by country office technical teams.

  • Job Description Summary

The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organization, and recipient of the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. WFP works to save lives in emergencies and use food and cash assistance to change lives and empower people to meet their essential needs.
WFP is committed to ensuring food assistance is accessible and is delivered safely and with dignity to the right people at the right time through the right way. To achieve this, WFP has an established country office people-centred programme quality (PCPQ) team, which provides strategic direction and technical support to the network of suboffice PCPQ staff.
To ensure WFP programming in Sudan is efficient and effective, WFP seeks a Programme Assistant (PCPQ) to ensure food assistance is accessible, equitable and accountable and is delivered safely and with dignity to the right people at the right time through the right way. This requires supporting the roll-out and implementation of the Unified Case Management system (UCM), which integrates key monitoring and community feedback mechanism (CFM) responsibilities and establishes the necessary systems and processes to manage and take timely corrective action for individual issues.
The Programme Assistant will report to the Programme Associate, responsible for leading the people-centred portolio (protection, including accountability to affected people, gender, conflict sensitivity, and environmental and social safeguards) or as otherwise designated by WFP management in line with evolving organizational structures, and will be supported by country office technical teams.

Accountabilities/ Responsibilities

  • Support people-centred assessments by integrating protection, gender, disability inclusion, conflict sensitivity and accountability considerations to promote safe and dignified assistance delivery.
  • Organize and facilitate community consultations, focus group discussions (FGDs), key informant interviews (KIIs) and other engagement activities to inform programme planning and operational decision-making.
  • Collect, compile, verify and maintain assessment, monitoring and feedback data, records and supporting documentation in accordance with organizational standards.
  • Document and analyze information on protection risks, gender dynamics, disability inclusion concerns, community priorities, operational risks, challenges and emerging issues to feed into operational decision making.
  • Support implementation of monitoring, community engagement and accountability activities in line with approved plans and field office priorities.
  • Support community sensitization and awareness-raising activities to ensure affected populations understand assistance processes, entitlements, feedback channels and complaint mechanisms.
  • Promote safe, equitable and accessible access to assistance, information and feedback mechanisms for women, men, girls, boys, older persons and persons with disabilities.
  • Support partner and staff capacity strengthening and compliance with WFP's people-centred standards.
  • Liaise with cooperating partners, area/field office and country office teams to support PCPQ implementation, partner engagement processes, data collection, quality assurance, identification of good practices and adaptation of interventions based on community insights.
  • Provide technical support for reporting, knowledge management and lessons learned, including guidance to enumerators/facilitators and partner staff on data collection and reporting requirements, and contribute to regular reports to the Country Office and corporate reporting.
  • Actively engage in learning opportunities.
  • Other assigned duties as reasonably required.

Deliverables at the End of the Contract

•  Support provided to assessment, monitoring and community engagement activities.

•  Information and data collected, organized and shared to support programme implementation.

•  Community feedback, concerns and priorities documented and communicated to relevant teams.

•  Programme activities supported in line with organizational requirements and procedures.

•  Reports, updates and relevant documentation prepared and maintained as required.

•  Coordination and information sharing supported with field teams, partners and communities.

•  Contributions made to programme quality, accountability and continuous improvement efforts, including through trainings and mentorship prgorammes for partner and WFP staff

Education:

A bachelor's degree or certified diploma in communications, social science, international development, law, international studies, human rights, political science, public administration, or a related field is required.

Experience :

A minimum of five years of progressively responsible work experience in humanitarian and development work at the field level is essential.

Experience supporting assessments, community consultations, monitoring activities and data collection.

Experience working with communities, partners and field teams.

Experience preparing reports and maintaining programme records is desirable.

The candidate should possess an understanding of and strong background in protection, including gender, accountability to affected people (AAP), inclusion,  in humanitarian action, with demonstrated skills in advocacy, negotiation, interpersonal relations, and networking.

Prior experience in facilitating training and workshops is advantageous.

Language: fluent in both English and Arabic

Kowledge and skills

Understanding of protection, including AAP, gender, inclusion, conflict sensitivity and social safeguarding.

Strong communication, facilitation and interpersonal skills.

Ability to collect, organize and analyze information from different sources.

Good organizational skills and attention to detail.

Ability to work effectively with communities, partners and colleagues from diverse backgrounds.

Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Good written and spoken English and Arabic.

Ability to work independently, manage priorities and maintain confidentiality.

WFP LEADERSHIP FRAMEWORK

 

WFP Leadership Framework guides to the common standards of behavior that guide HOW we work together to accomplish our mission.

Click here to access WFP Leadership Framework

REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION

 

WFP is committed to supporting individuals with disabilities by providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require a reasonable accommodation, please contact:  global.inclusion@wfp.org

NO FEE DISCLAIMER

 

The United Nations does not charge any application, processing, training, interviewing, testing or other fee in connection with the application or recruitment process. Should you receive a solicitation for the payment of a fee, please disregard it. Furthermore, please note that emblems, logos, names and addresses are easily copied and reproduced. Therefore, you are advised to apply particular care when submitting personal information on the web.

REMINDERS BEFORE YOU SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

  • All applications must be submitted exclusively through our online recruiting system. We do not consider CVs or applications sent by email, LinkedIn, or any other channel.

  • We strongly recommend that your Workday profile is accurate and complete, and that all sections are filled in, including your employment history, academic qualifications, language skills, and UN grade (if applicable). Once your profile is completed, please apply, and submit your application.

  • If you experience technical issues while submitting your application, you may contact us at global.hrerecruitment@wfp.org. Please note that this email is only for technical issues with an application - unsolicited applications or documents sent to this inbox will not receive a reply.

  • At the application stage, the only required documents are your CV and Cover Letter. Additional documents (passport, certificates, recommendation letters, etc.) may be requested later in the process.

  • Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited to proceed to the next stage of the recruitment process.

All employment decisions are made on the basis of organizational needs, job requirements, merit, and individual qualifications. WFP is committed to providing an inclusive work environment free of sexual exploitation and abuse, all forms of discrimination, any kind of harassment, sexual harassment, and abuse of authority. Therefore, all selected candidates will undergo rigorous reference and background checks.


No appointment under any kind of contract will be offered to members of the UN Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ), International Civil Service Commission (ICSC), FAO Finance Committee, WFP External Auditor, WFP Audit Committee, Joint Inspection Unit (JIU) and other similar bodies within the United Nations system with oversight responsibilities over WFP, both during their service and within three years of ceasing that service.

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